Lei Q. Min graduated from the Shanghai Art Academy in. She began her career painting advertising murals for cinemas in Shanghai, China. She moved to Singapore in 1985, and eventually established a career as a portrait painter for society figures and government officials. During her time there, she held two solo exhibitions at the National Art Museum of Singapore and National History Museum of Singapore.

In 1990, Lei moved to Brussels, Belgium, and completed an Art Education degree at Vrije University Brussels, Belgium, as well as painting portraits for local commissions. She returned to China in 1995 to raise her children and continued doing commissions for the Singapore government.

Lei Q. Min has been living in San Francisco since 2000, where she received MFA in painting at the Academy of Art University. She has been actively participating in group exhibitions and art studio events. Her oil painting “Lakeside” has been selected as one of the top 20 finalists in the 2015 Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition.